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Cornerstone FrameworkA Open Source Platform for

Software Mass Customization

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Agenda

Demo

Problems and Solutions

The Cornerstone Solution

Source Code Walk-through

Status

Conclusion

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Demo

PortalDrag-n-Drop Layout Manager

Delayed Rendering

Portal Admin ToolJMX

DHTML Interface

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Philosophy

Solve 80% of the Total Problem with 20% of

Total Effort

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The 3 rd Wave: Alvin Toffler

The 1st Wave Society: AgriculturalLow Volume ManufacturingMom and Pop Shops

The 2nd Wave: IndustrialHigh Volume ManufacturingMass Production

The 3rd Wave: InformationalHigh Volume ManufacturingMass Customization

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The Software Manufacturing Problem

Easy for Mass ProductionSame copies

Difficult for Mass CustomizationSlightly different copies

No BTO But Rebuilt-to-Order

No JIT But Just-in-a-Long-Time

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Problems and Solutions

Classes and Objects OOP (Nutsand Bolts)

Singleton, Factory, Proxy, MVC, etc. DesignPatterns

IoC, ORM, AOP, SOAArchitectural

Patterns(Power Tools)

PortalPlatform(Kitchen)

Botto

m u

p

Top

down

SFAApplication(Complete

House)

Customization,upgrade/change,

outsourcing

SW MFG(mass c13n)

…...

…...

…...

BusinessProblems

Prob

lem

Spa

ce P

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rns

Sol

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Pat

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The Cornerstone Solution

Classes and Objects OOP (Nutsand Bolts)

Singleton, Factory, Proxy, MVC, etc. DesignPatterns

IoC, ORM, AOP, SOAArchitectural

Patterns(Power Tools)

Portal Platform(Kitchen)

Botto

m u

p

Top

down

SFAApplication(Complete

House)

Customization,upgrade/change,

outsourcing

…...

…...

…...

BusinessProblems

Prob

lem

Spa

ce P

atte

rns

Sol

utio

n S

pace

Pat

tern

s

CornerstoneFramework

SW MFG(mass c13n)

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Fractal Properties

Self Similarity“It seems that the compromise between stability and diversity is served by there the same amount of structure at all scales.” Tim Berners-Lee

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Design Goals

Configurability/Flexibility/PluggabilitySoftware Mass Customization

UsabilityDeveloper

Do-Nothing CachingDo-Nothing JMX Integration

End UserDHTML

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Mass Customization

Ability to Meet New Business Requirements with Minimal Impact on Existing Code Base

Customizations in All DimensionsComponent Level (1D)

Relationship Level (2D)

Control Flow Level (3D)

Preservation of Customizations (Time)

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Component Level Customization

Component cfg

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Relationship Level Customization

Component cfg

Component cfg

Interface(logical)

Implementation(physical)

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Control Flow Customization

Component cfg

Component cfg Component cfg

Original Flow

inserted

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Preservation of Customization

Component cfg Component cfg Component cfg

VendorOut of Box

CustomerCustomized

Upgraded with Preservation

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Major Contributions (Jetspeed)

NowDrag-n-Drop Layout Managers

Delayed Rendering of Portlets

StraightDbPsmlManager

FutureDHTML Interface (Individual Refreshes)

Inter-Portlet Communications

…

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Major Contributions (Framework)

Service Framework

Out-of-Box JMX Integration

MVC (Actions + DHTML)

Asynchronous Logger

ORM, Pub-Sub, Job-Queue-Worker, …

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Major Contributions (Service Framework)

Service Registry

Service Validation

Logical Service

System Management (JMX)Logging (parameters)

Service Caching

Service Flow Control

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Solution Space Patterns: Configurability

Individual Classes

Relationships between ClassesInversion of Control

Control FlowsCornerstone Unique

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Solution Space Patterns: Configurability

Individual ClassesExample: Logical Services

LS1: Data source “esalesdb” ▬► “DS1”

LS2: Data source “esalesdb” ▬► “DS2”

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Solution Space Patterns: Configurability

Relationships between ClassesNo Class Names Anywhere

Inversion of Control

Example: JMX IntegrationIServiceMetric IService.getMetric();

BaseService:metric.className=BaseServiceMetric

MyService:metric.className=SpecialServiceMetric

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Solution Space Patterns: Configurability

Control FlowsSequentialController

AsynchronousController

SwitchController

…

As Opposed to Interceptors

Service1 Service1 Service2

SequentialController

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Solution Space Patterns: Indirection

Indirection: Logical to Physical MappingCalled Extension Points in Eclipse

Example: All services in registry are Logical Services

Registry can easily move between database and properties files

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Solution Space Patterns: Overwrite

Example: Logical Service based on another Logical Service

Supports instances that only differ in configuration

child parentparent

a b ca' b cx

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Solution Space Patterns: Overwrite

Configuration (static) and parameters (dynamic) handled the same way

Different scopes handled the same way

RequestContext

SessionContext

parent

ComponentContext

ApplicationContext

parent

parent

Component invoke(IContext ctx)invokeDirect(String a, Object b, …)

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Solution Space Patterns: Non-Intrusion

IAIB getB()

IB

MyA MyB1 MyB2

IAFactoryIA create()

MyAFactoryIA create()

creates

Framework-Dependent

Business DomainFramework-Independent

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Framework Comparison

Where Cornerstone Stands outVision, Depth, Breadth

As opposed to a Point Tool with BYOM

AOP the Cornerstone Way

inovkeStart/Middle/End, Service Controllers

Can integrate best 3rd-party easily

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Cornerstone Aspectwerkz JBoss

Generic/Overhead

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Source Code: Drag-n-Drop

portal/cppext/template/jsp/controllers/html/x-multicolumn-customize.jsp

org.apache.jetspeed.modules.actions.controllers.XMultiColumnControllerAction.java

Dependencies

JspTemplate.java

Util.java

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Source Code: Delayed Rendering

com.cisco.salesit.framework.portal.portlets.BasePortlet.java

template/jsp/porlets/html/delayedContent.jsp

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Source Code: Service

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Source Code: Service

DateService.java

dateService.reg.properties

timeService.reg.properties

dateAndTimeService.reg.properties

BaseService.javainvokeStart/Middle/End

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Source Code: Service Logging

InMemoryLog

JobQueue

WorkerManager

addJob

add

Worker1 Workern

get get

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Source Code: JMX Integration

BaseService.properties

BaseServiceMetric.properties

BaseServiceMetric.java

AutoPublication.java

MBeanManager.java

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Source Code: JMX Integration

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IServiceMetric(publisher)

Topic:“jmxManaged”

MBeanManager(subscriber)

Service World Pubsub World Sysman World

JMX World

Cor

ners

tone

Non

-Cor

ners

tone

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Status

Cornerstone Framework source code already open-sourced and checked into Apache Jetspeed CVS

Development continuing for new features and enhancement

ContactJun Yang: junyang@cisco.com

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Conclusion

Cornerstone is an exciting new approach to software mass customization that modern design patterns and techniques failed to address

We solve the business problem top-down by mapping it to solution space patterns of the Cornerstone Framework

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